unemployment is higher here more than anywhere in texas. almost all of the 31, 00 students in the far san juan al most school district are hispanic and live in low income households. if any students do go to college it's just about guaranteed they will be the first in their family. five years ago in 2006 close to half of the students drop out of high school without graduating just as their parents had done. this was a dropout district. then daniel came to town. >> the first thing was stop the bleeding work with the dropout situation. >> the new superintendent madea decision he would lure the dropouts back to school. >> at the beginning of every year, we identify all of the missing students and we spend a whole month of december we comb the neighborhoods and try true track down students. >> they called and visited homes of dropouts sometimes making dozens of house calls. >> we have a choice. this can be contributed toward our society or they can be people that depend on the rest of us. >> lo and behold it works. >> 237 seniors who did not ge